Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918
- Bolsheviks came to power after the fall of the provisional government
- In April 1917, Vladimir Lenin returns from exile
- Germans assisted Lenin by giving him a train and passage through Finland
- States April Theses denouncing war
- Kronstadt Mutiny (20,000 soldiers took control of Petrograd, demanding that the Soviets take power)
- Kornilov affair- the Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov threatened to attack the city
- Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side), Lenin led the Petrograd uprising
- The Mensheviks and the centre-right believed that the Bolsheviks had illegally gained power
"...the worst horror of the Russian Revolution was the letting loose of one hundred million orators, for their passion for talk was immediately responsible for all the other horrors ...Oratory prevented Russia from becoming a constitutional country. Oratory tore the Revolution from the patriots and gave it into the bloody hands of the mob. Oratory murdered the Czar, his wife, and their innocent children. Oratory almost wiped out the educated classes. Oratory held the stupid populace spellbound while the Germans invaded the country, boosted Lenine [sic] into power, and paved the way for the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. I never want to hear any more oratory as long as I live."
- Rheta Childe Dorr
- Rheta Childe Dorr